Belgium's first rehearsal

Oh, we're qualifying for sure!

Oneurope says:
"I'm disappointed with this - it's got all the impact of a ton of feathers when it's supposed to stick out a mile."

"It totally passes me by - the wallpaper has been removed from the background and now, it just becomes, well, very very average really. It has lost everything that has made it the stand out song of the first six songs - it now has become a deflated shell of its former self and it somewhat, well, toilet-break music."

Instead of choosing subtle mature performers like Urban Trad were, they have gone for a girl who has clearly been smoking something unpleasant and sounds like a demented cuckoo. Vocally it's not that unpleasant, but what it's trying to achieve is far too pretentious for the kind of people who vote in this contest and it's going to find itself come a cropper at the first hurdle ie voted out in the first semi-final."

All Kinds of Everything adds:
"The lead singer starts by leaning on the guitarist and looks slightly uncomfortable, she then proceeds to flounce around the stage in a most ungainly way which giving an evil stare to the camera (save that for the taxi drivers, love) . The instrumental parts look well and the stage setting is very reminisent of Iceland last year, but the singer is not helping in any way because although the vocals are fine, she just looks so uncomfortable. We got to see the red and white tent frock she'll be wearing on the night, so perhaps we now have an insight into why she's not on good form"

Thankfully, there's also the Belgian fansite who claims:
"Soetkin leek zich erg thuis te voelen op het podium en straalde veel zelfvertrouwen uit. Er is nog wat werk aan, vooral wat het decor betreft, maar al bij al een goede eerste repetitie."

Yes.. wonder who I'll believe.